YASH Scavenger Hunt
If you are taking part in the YA Scavenger Hunt, go here for Team Red and the opportunity to win some amazing giveaways! If you've never tried this hunt to win book prizes, check it out. I'm also offering a giveaway at the bottom of yesterday's post.
Writers for Hope
I've donated two items for the Writers for Hope auction, where all proceeds benefit RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). You can bid on my critique of your first twenty pages or a signed copy of Pandemic with a matching journal. (See more about journals in the IWSG post below.)
IWSG Monthly Blog Hop
Every month, the Insecure Writers Support Group poses an optional question that members can answer in their blog posts. Special thanks to Alex Cavanaugh for founding IWSG, and to this month’s awesome blog hop co-hosts: Olga Godim, Chemist Ken, Renee Scattergood, and Tamara Narayan!
This month’s question is:
This month’s question is:
When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing?
A few tricks keep my writing on track: deadlines (even self-imposed) and a related feeling of progress accountability. Tracking my progress in a public place (like through the Monthly Writing Challenge) has helped me in the past. Daily journaling also helps, especially if I write about what I want to accomplish for that day. (I recommend Julia Cameron's books, The Artist's Way and Finding Water for more about the power of journals.)
Blogging from A to Z
For previous A to Z Challenges, I blogged about Writing Inspiration and productivity. Here are my Productivity posts, since I'm not A-to-Z-ing this year.
A is for the Anti-Muse
B is for Backing Up Your Work
C is for Clear Your Mind
D is for Daily Tasks
E is for Exercise at Your Desk
F is for First Things First
G is for Getting Creatively Unblocked
H is for How to Curate Social Media
I is for Ivy Lee's Six Things
J is for Journal
K is for Knowledge: How Are You Spending Your Time?
L is for Lessons Learned and Inspirational Quotes
M is for Marking Progress
N is for NaNoWriMo Principles
O is for OneTab
P is for Productivity Book Recommendations
Q is for Quit Something
R is for Routines to Encourage Creativity
S is for Set a Deadline to Improve Productivity
T is for Take Time to Fill the Well
U is for Unplug
V is for Victor Hugo
W is for Weekly Review
X is for Xebec
Y is for YA Writers Advise How to Get the Writing Done
Z is for Zig Ziglar
A is for the Anti-Muse
B is for Backing Up Your Work
C is for Clear Your Mind
D is for Daily Tasks
E is for Exercise at Your Desk
F is for First Things First
G is for Getting Creatively Unblocked
H is for How to Curate Social Media
I is for Ivy Lee's Six Things
J is for Journal
K is for Knowledge: How Are You Spending Your Time?
L is for Lessons Learned and Inspirational Quotes
M is for Marking Progress
N is for NaNoWriMo Principles
O is for OneTab
P is for Productivity Book Recommendations
Q is for Quit Something
R is for Routines to Encourage Creativity
S is for Set a Deadline to Improve Productivity
T is for Take Time to Fill the Well
U is for Unplug
V is for Victor Hugo
W is for Weekly Review
X is for Xebec
Y is for YA Writers Advise How to Get the Writing Done
Z is for Zig Ziglar
What are your thoughts about keeping a journal?
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